Scawton
Scawton is a village and former civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet lies just east of Sutton Bank, north of the A170 road, and 5 miles west of Helmsley, in the Hambleton Hills.Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village and former civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Scawton, North Yorkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary’s Church and Rievaulx Abbey.
St Mary’s Church
Church
Photo: Phil Catterall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church is the parish church of Scawton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The church was built in the middle of the 12th century. Most of the windows have been altered, particularly in the 15th century.
Rievaulx Abbey
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rievaulx Abbey was a Cistercian abbey in Rievaulx, near Helmsley, in the North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire, England. It was one of the great abbeys in England until it was seized in 1538 under Henry VIII during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Rievaulx Abbey is situated 2 miles northeast of Scawton.
All Saints’ Church, Old Byland
Church
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
All Saints' Church is the parish church of Old Byland, a village in North Yorkshire in England. The church was built in about 1100, from which period the nave and tower survive.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cold Kirby and Old Byland.
Cold Kirby
Village
Photo: Bill Griffiths, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cold Kirby is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is in the Hambleton Hills, near Rievaulx Abbey and Sutton Bank, 5 miles west of Helmsley.
Rievaulx
Village
Rievaulx is a small village and civil parish in Rye Dale within the North York Moors National Park near Helmsley in North Yorkshire, England and is located in what was the inner court of Rievaulx Abbey, close to the River Rye. Rievaulx is situated 2 miles northeast of Scawton.
Scawton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Old Byland and Scawton, Ryedale District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.2448° or 54° 14′ 41″ northLongitude
-1.1595° or 1° 9′ 34″ westElevation
679 feet (207 metres)Open location code
9C6W6RVR+W6OpenStreetMap ID
node 280855206OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Irish to Turkish—“Scawton” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Scawton”
- Ladin: “Scawton”
- Polish: “Scawton”
- Swedish: “Scawton”
- Turkish: “Scawton”
- “Scawton”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Scawton Moor and tumuli.
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